Ed Center offers video streaming technology

    This fall, the Houlton Higher Education Center is expanding access to many more university courses through the use of video streaming technology. Video streaming is a means of delivering a course lecture to a computer only 15 minutes after the instructor has finished. Students can review class lectures on any PC with broadband access.
    Video streaming is yet another way students can access university courses without traveling to a campus. Other green course options include online, ITV and videoconference courses, as well as onsite courses by instructors at the Center.
    “Video streaming offers an exciting alternative to students whose busy lives and strained fuel budgets limit their ability to travel to and from a campus or even the Center,” said Chuck Ames, Director of Houlton Higher Education Center. “Unlike courses that are totally online, students have the benefit of viewing traditional class lectures at their convenience and as often as they desire.”
    Interactive Television (ITV) differs from video streaming technology in that it broadcasts lectures in “real time” to students in specifically outfitted classrooms. Students must be present, or must go to the Center at a later date to view the lecture and take exams. Many video streamed courses will allow students to review lectures from home, but more still require students to take their exams at The Houlton Higher Education Center.
    The Houlton Higher Education Center offers access to dozens of degrees and certificates from University on Maine System campuses. “As a result, students may stay close but go far with their college education.”
    For more information about the courses and programs available during the upcoming fall semester, please call 521-3100 or 1-800-584-0874.